[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN expects more famine refugees

 

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	August 9, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate UN expects more famine refugees International efforts to aid victims of famine in the Horn of Africa may soon be overwhelmed as more Somalis abandon their homes and flee for Mogadishu or across borders into Kenya and Ethiopia, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization officials warn. FAO has been offering Somalis cash payment for small jobs in a bid to keep them in their homes and limit the number of famine refugees wholly dependent on aid to survive. Google/The Associated Press (8/9)      UN resumes food airlifts to Somali capital  Measles Initiative eyes next billion children  10 blogging moms visit Kenya  When water becomes a commodity  Assad appears impervious to pressure  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security How does the price of your @FCBarcelona jersey compare to a #polio vaccine? Find out in #infographic by @gatesfoundation: http://ow.ly/5XUSa" @unfoundation "Here's some even better news on an otherwise dismal financial day: If investors do start to turn away from U.S. stocks and bonds, they might come here -- and help fuel the Latin American decade that stands to lift millions from poverty." UN Dispatch UN resumes food airlifts to Somali capital For the first time in five years, the UN refugee agency has airlifted food aid to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on the heels of the sudden withdrawal Saturday of Islamist al-Shabab militants from bases there. About half of the city's 600,000 inhabitants are receiving aid, a UN official said, but the situation in the capital still remains better than in the four other famine zones in the country, where 3.2 million people are in need of immediate lifesaving assistance. Al-Jazeera (8/8), BBC (8/8)        NATO is rebuked at UN over fatal Libyan TV airstrikes The July 30 airstrikes by NATO against state television installations in Libya, killing several and injuring close to a dozen, have been deplored by the head of the UN cultural agency. "Media outlets should not be targeted in military actions," said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, citing a 2006 Security Council resolution condemning acts of violence against journalists in conflicts. Reuters (8/8)      Other News UN carbon offset market is targeted in ClimateCare move Bloomberg (8/8)      Harsher UN sanctions are sought against Eritrea over attacks Google/Agence France-Presse (8/8)      Measles Initiative eyes next billion children The global partnership, the Measles Initiative, has vaccinated its one billionth child against measles, global deaths from which have fallen 78% since 2000. "It's time to think about the next billion children and how we can protect them from not only measles, but the many other deadly -- and vaccine-preventable -- diseases," writes Peg Willingham, executive director of the Global Vaccines Campaign of the United Nations Foundation. Care2.com (8/8)      Can funding match science in fight against AIDS? If it was ambitious of the international community to set a goal of providing another 9 million people with antiretroviral AIDS drugs by 2015, raising money to meet the challenge is even more ambitious. "Raising the funding to meet the ... goal is going to be very challenging at a time when the world is facing the biggest economic crisis since the great depression of the 1930s," writes Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (8/5)        Fighting malaria with spermless mosquitoes The results released Monday of a study that successfully altered the genetic makeup of male mosquitoes could indicate a new weapon in the fight against malaria. Researchers from Britain and Italy produced male mosquitoes that did not produce sperm, causing female mosquitoes who mated with the males to lay infertile eggs that did not hatch. Los Angeles Times/Booster Shots blog (8/8)      Studies chart rise in HIV/AIDS among men in Muslim world A new report shows that incidences of HIV/AIDS infection are growing among men in Muslim countries who have sex with men. Sexual contact between men is often kept secret because of homophobia, religious intolerance and fear of being jailed or, even, executed. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/8)      Other News U.S. releases emergency aid for Africa famine AlertNet/Reuters (8/8)      Iranian doctors face harassment over HIV/AIDS efforts CNN (8/8)      10 blogging moms visit Kenya Ten blogging moms visited Kenya on behalf of the ONE campaign to learn about the lives of their counterparts, and the challenges of raising children in Africa. Click here to view a video report on the trip. ABC News (8/5)        Young mothers are most susceptible to fistula Young, poor, uneducated mothers are the most likely to develop fistula as a consequence of childbirth, often resulting in the women being ostracized by their communities. Health workers are working to raise awareness in Africa on preventing and treating the condition. AlertNet (8/4)      When water becomes a commodity Markets to trade in water rights are likely to develop as water-scarcity issues increase in the coming decades as a result of population increases and climate change. Supporters see regional systems developing with an emphasis on waste-water trading to help ensure higher treatment standards and more efficient use of existing water supply. AlertNet/Reuters (8/8)      Key radiation information is withheld in Japan Public anger is growing in Japan over authorities' failure to promptly release information related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident. Japanese officials reportedly withheld information on radioactivity leaks in a bid to contain expenses related to evacuations and protect the country's nuclear industry. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/8)      Assad appears impervious to pressure Syria's armed forces continued offensives against the pro-reform movement in four cities today even as international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to halt the crackdown intensified. Turkey, India, Brazil and South Africa have sent envoys to Damascus in a bid to convince Assad to end a crackdown that activists say has killed 1,700 people since March. Google/The Associated Press (8/9)      Other News Retreat of Somali rebels spurs call for more AU forces BBC (8/9)      Ukrainian ex-prime minister is held for contempt of court Reuters (8/8)      Program Officer, MHI Open Society Institute, Budapest Budapest, Hungary Brazil Director Human Rights Watch New York, NY Advisor, Gender, Diversity and Human Rights (Grade P5) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Washington, D.C. 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